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Wallpaper

1850-73 (made)
Artist/Maker
Paul Balin, Paris (manufacturer)
Balin, Paul (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Specimen of wallpaper with a lace pattern on a primrose ground; Design based on an 18th century textile; Embossed paper and muslin.


Object details

Category
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Embossed paper and muslin
Paper
Muslin
Embossing
Brief description
Specimen of wallpaper with a lace pattern on a primrose ground; Design based on an 18th century textile; Designed by Paul Balin; Embossed paper and muslin; Exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873; Produced by Paul Balin, Paris; 1850-1873.
Physical description
Specimen of wallpaper with a lace pattern on a primrose ground; Design based on an 18th century textile; Embossed paper and muslin.
Dimensions
  • Height: 81.3cm
  • Width: 58.4cm
Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Credit line
Given by Monsieur Paul Balin
Object history
Given by Monsieur Paul Balin.
The design was based on an 18th century textile formerly in the possession of Paul Balin.
This specimen was exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Production
Design taken from an 18th century textile formerly in the possession of Paul Balin.
Subject depicted
Lace Pattern
Associated object
1342-1874 (Version)
Bibliographic reference
Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1330-1874

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Record createdMarch 27, 2009
Record URL
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